{"id":10394,"date":"2019-12-31T19:54:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T19:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=10394"},"modified":"2019-12-31T19:54:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T19:54:25","slug":"happy-2020-clear-vision-and-vague-intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2019\/12\/happy-2020-clear-vision-and-vague-intentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 2020: clear vision and vague intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It\u2019s the last blog of the year so it feels like it should be important. But it isn\u2019t. Sorry. No big news to report. No ambitious resolutions to tell you about. As my friend Tena Russ<\/a> posted on FB, \u201cI don\u2019t have resolutions. I have vague intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n

I did have a poem published in December; if you want to check it out, visit Dodging the Rain <\/em><\/strong>and read “When I said I love you.”<\/a> Disclaimer: it isn’t very jolly.<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>. I guess if anything, I will take the year literally and try to focus and see things clearly (though my intentions may be vague). While I\u2019m on the subject of how to interpret things, the trees across the creek are the new hangout of two long-eared owls. I\u2019m trying to figure out what or if their visit portends anything.<\/p>\n

While you\u2019re singing Auld Lang Syne<\/em> tonight, you might consider doing a chorus of\u00a0 \u201cA red, red rose.\u201d Here are the words:<\/p>\n

A Red, Red Rose<\/strong>
\nBy Robert Burns<\/p>\n

O my Luve is like a red, red rose
\nThat\u2019s newly sprung in June;
\nO my Luve is like the melody
\nThat\u2019s sweetly played in tune.<\/p>\n

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
\nSo deep in luve am I;
\nAnd I will luve thee still, my dear,
\nTill a\u2019 the seas gang dry.<\/p>\n

Till a\u2019 the seas gang dry, my dear,
\nAnd the rocks melt wi\u2019 the sun;
\nI will love thee still, my dear,
\nWhile the sands o\u2019 life shall run.<\/p>\n

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
\nAnd fare thee weel awhile!
\nAnd I will come again, my luve,
\nThough it were ten thousand mile.<\/p>\n

My intentions may be vague but my wishes to you are crystal clear:<\/p>\n

Peace, love, and solace<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the last blog of the year so it feels like it should be important. But it isn\u2019t. Sorry. No big news to report. No ambitious resolutions to tell you about. As my friend Tena Russ posted on FB, \u201cI don\u2019t have resolutions. I have vague intentions.\u201d I did have a poem published in December; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3606,3608,386,3609,1632,12,1401,39,13,3607,7,16,3611,32,3610],"class_list":{"0":"post-10394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-3606","9":"tag-auld-lang-syne","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-dodging-the-rain","12":"tag-ellen-beals","13":"tag-ellen-wade-beals","14":"tag-happy-new-year","15":"tag-photography","16":"tag-poetry","17":"tag-robert-burns","18":"tag-solace","19":"tag-solace-in-so-many-words","20":"tag-vague-intentions","21":"tag-weighed-words","22":"tag-when-i-said-i-love-you","23":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10394"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10402,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10394\/revisions\/10402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}